Announcing the Editor's Choice Winners 

We're about to announce our complete author list for the upcoming issue, but before we do, let's congratulate our Editor's Choice Winners for the upcoming issue:

Brian Spears, for his poem "Hall Raising"
Melanie Haney for her short fiction "The Last Thing Before Dirt"
Mike Duran for his essay, "The Ark"

Don't miss out on these, folks.  Click over to the store to purchase your subscription , or order a single issue in a few days once Coach has announced presales :) 

CNF Anthology Nominations

From issue 2.2

“The World I Breathe” by Karen Miedrich-Luo

Coming up in issue 2.3 (August/September)

Coming up in issue 2.4 (November/December)

. . . so we can ship you your Relief Issue 2.2! That's right, friends, your Issue 2.2 is on it's way to your doorstep and should be arriving next week.

What's that? You mean you haven't ordered yours yet? Your subscription ran out? You haven't subscribed? Well, no worries, because you can order a single issue or subscribe right now! That's right, friend, through the magic of the Internet, you can jump right on over to the Relief Store and get that done right now!

However, I should put in a disclaimer here that an issue of Relief does not make Julian fries, make your teeth whiter, or seal holes in your gutters (I know, I've tried, and dude, what a freakin' mess!). But there's some good stuff in 2.2 that you don't want to miss!

Your friendly neighborhood tech guy,
Coach Culbertson

At least five. Our Assistant Editor Heather and her husband Fiction Editor Alan discovered a problem with their apartment, and so the Relief team here in Chicago kicked some serious ass packing and moving all their stuff in six days start to finish. It has put a delay in our regularly scheduled programming, but when life happens, our team moves. Ha ha. I'm a funny guy. Get it? Moves? Oh never mind.

So please forgive the delay while Heather and Alan get settled into their new place, and we'll be rockin' and rollin' in no time again. 

Diner Subs Open Until May 31 

Submisisons for Coach's Midnight Diner will remain open until May 31st. After receiving some harried emails from folks we met at Calvin ("I just found out about the Diner! My story is almost finished but not quite! Can I please have more time?!?!?") I decided to go ahead and leave it open. So go ahead and finish your Shatner on a Plane story and get it in!  

The slogan above is something I saw on a church sign many years ago in Waukegan, IL and have always wished I had a camera with me to take a picutre of the sign, as I just found it to be hilarious.  That sign sparked a hobby of mine to take pictures of funny signs. 

The picture to the left is of a sign I saw in Flippin Arkansas.  To the right, is a sign I saw outside of a daycare in Nashville, TN.  And below, is a sign for a store down in Florida.  Knives and Christmas!  Who would have thought that'd be a successful pairing.  But it worked!  My husband and I went in and bought pocket knives and browsed Christmas decorations in June.

Unfortunately though, I seem to have fallen out the habit of taking pictures this past year.  So, to get my sign fix, I decided to simply go to Google Images and type in "Funny Church Signs."  Man, I was not disappointed!  If you are looking for a distraction, I really suggest you stroll through some of the pages.  It's really funny.